Curfew - Day 1
December 2nd, 2017
On November 26th, 2017 the presidential Honduran elections were held. Normally, the results would have been announced well within two days maximum. That would have put us on Tuesday the 28th (which also happened to be my birthday 😊 ). Every day we have heard, "winner will be announced this afternoon." Things took a turn for the worst on Thursday. We woke up two mornings ago to hear that there had been riots and that the 'bridges were taken'. That is the way of protest here, to block traffic from coming and going.
Our boys had gone to school that morning, but just two hours in we received a notice to come pick them up. John and the other guys on our team finished up their meeting and everyone was back in their homes by early afternoon. The vote count continued to drag on; still no announcement as to who would be the next president of Honduras.
The protest began getting more violent. Rocks have been thrown, many things set on fire, stores and banks have been broken into a robbed, shots have been fired, and people's lives have been lost. Our hearts are breaking for the people of our beloved Honduras.
We spent Friday at home celebrating Elias' 7th birthday! We made it as festive as we could. We even face-timed the girls in so that they could sing happy birthday and watch him open his presents. We spent the day watching the news and keeping tabs on our team mates both here in Ceiba and in Tegucigalpa. Tensions continued to rise.
In order to calm the emotions of the people and bring order to the streets, military was called out and as of 11pm last night we were put on curfew. No one is allowed to leave their homes from 6pm until 6am until Dec 11th. There is a list of other constitutional rights that have been revoked right now as the political unrest rises. But, for us, that is the one that effects us the most. Although, really - we are usually in our homes during those hours anyway. Maybe just knowing it's a 'have to' instead of a 'want to' makes it feel different.
As you would imagine, the stores have been emptied of most all food. Liken it to a snow storm or a hurricane. We are in 'weather days' right now; just weathering a different kind of storm - a storm caused by human nature and not God's control of wind and rain.
We can see some angst in our boys as they are trying to process this all. Our girls are having to watch from afar their beloved country in heartbreaking times. As parents, we strive to be wise in what we let the boys see and hear. We pray that our girls will stay in peace, leaving us and many whom they love in the hands of the Father. Our team is doing well. We are keeping in communication with all and will continue to do so.
We do ask for your prayers for....
1.Honduras and her people - for the LORD to show Himself in a mighty way through this turmoil.
2. Wisdom for John as he leads the team here in country. He has many he is responsible for and he spends his waking moments in prayer for wisdom to lead them well. Join him, join us, in begging God for wisdom in all things.
On November 26th, 2017 the presidential Honduran elections were held. Normally, the results would have been announced well within two days maximum. That would have put us on Tuesday the 28th (which also happened to be my birthday 😊 ). Every day we have heard, "winner will be announced this afternoon." Things took a turn for the worst on Thursday. We woke up two mornings ago to hear that there had been riots and that the 'bridges were taken'. That is the way of protest here, to block traffic from coming and going.
Our boys had gone to school that morning, but just two hours in we received a notice to come pick them up. John and the other guys on our team finished up their meeting and everyone was back in their homes by early afternoon. The vote count continued to drag on; still no announcement as to who would be the next president of Honduras.
The protest began getting more violent. Rocks have been thrown, many things set on fire, stores and banks have been broken into a robbed, shots have been fired, and people's lives have been lost. Our hearts are breaking for the people of our beloved Honduras.
We spent Friday at home celebrating Elias' 7th birthday! We made it as festive as we could. We even face-timed the girls in so that they could sing happy birthday and watch him open his presents. We spent the day watching the news and keeping tabs on our team mates both here in Ceiba and in Tegucigalpa. Tensions continued to rise.
In order to calm the emotions of the people and bring order to the streets, military was called out and as of 11pm last night we were put on curfew. No one is allowed to leave their homes from 6pm until 6am until Dec 11th. There is a list of other constitutional rights that have been revoked right now as the political unrest rises. But, for us, that is the one that effects us the most. Although, really - we are usually in our homes during those hours anyway. Maybe just knowing it's a 'have to' instead of a 'want to' makes it feel different.
As you would imagine, the stores have been emptied of most all food. Liken it to a snow storm or a hurricane. We are in 'weather days' right now; just weathering a different kind of storm - a storm caused by human nature and not God's control of wind and rain.
We can see some angst in our boys as they are trying to process this all. Our girls are having to watch from afar their beloved country in heartbreaking times. As parents, we strive to be wise in what we let the boys see and hear. We pray that our girls will stay in peace, leaving us and many whom they love in the hands of the Father. Our team is doing well. We are keeping in communication with all and will continue to do so.
WE ARE ALL OK!
Please hear me! We are safe, we have food and we are not anxious or panicked. Our hope is in the LORD our God! He is keeping us in peace as we keep our minds fixed on Him. We do ask for your prayers for....
1.Honduras and her people - for the LORD to show Himself in a mighty way through this turmoil.
2. Wisdom for John as he leads the team here in country. He has many he is responsible for and he spends his waking moments in prayer for wisdom to lead them well. Join him, join us, in begging God for wisdom in all things.
3. Our children, and all the children on the team. From the youngest up to Josiah - that they would feel God's peace. That they would have the ability beyond their years to understand what's going on. ---- and that we would not all go stir crazy during this time ----
4. Peace within the walls of our homes. For the parents on our team to lead our children well, and use this time and situation to point our children to their great great Father!
5. Finally, that we would all be shinning lights to our friends and neighbors. That through word and deed we would be able to point others to Christ - to His peace and compassion; grace and mercy.
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